Artificial intimacy and breaking up with chatbots

Lisa Weiss October 31, 2026 Choosing our real, embodied lives Inside: Artificial intimacy, dumping our chatbots, and making Greek bowls for dinner. Hugging the book Artificial Intimacy by Sherry Turkle Hello! This month, I've come back to tell you how much I loved MIT socoiologist Sherry Turkle's new book Artificial Intimacy: Who We Become When We Talk to Machines. I promised I'd report back after I finished the book. Well, it's a wonderful, timely, and very human warning not to seek comfort...